J. Brent Walker, Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty, has outlined and debunked the top myths about separation of church and state in the United States.
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A call for urgent reform of the law in relation to assisted dying by a senior representative of a regional health authority has been welcomed by the British Humanist Association (BHA).
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The death toll in the Christchurch, NZ quake is rising. Here’s how you can help the rescue efforts.
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Over the last few weeks, I’ve been researching content management systems. Why?
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The Secular Coalition for America fully supports the Obama administration’s announcement today that it will no longer defend in court Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which is the part of the federal law defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
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As a teenager, Sarah McNair spoke out against the Ten Commandments display in her high school. FFRF has recently honored her activism with the Thomas Jefferson Youth Activist Award.
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It’s always a pleasant surprise when Oklahoma legislators resist Religious Right pressure and do the right thing. And yesterday they did. Barely.
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Some religious Americans live longer than non-religious. What’s going on?
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Last week, the Obama administration did something that didn’t capture much media attention but should have: It officially overturned a bad policy from the Bush years and issued a series of final regulations dealing with health care and the right of “conscience.”
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A study of health in Nairobi slums found that the more often people attended religious services, the more ill they perceived themselves to be . . . after controlling for real illnesses or other factors. Does religion induce hypochondria?
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A human response to Christchurch quake
February 23, 2011 No CommentThe death toll in the Christchurch, NZ quake is rising. Here’s how you can help the rescue efforts.
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